American Himalayan Foundation

What We Do

Education

Nothing looks as squarely toward the future as education. And nothing else has education’s power to transform lives. For Tibetan refugees, Sherpas, Lobas in Mustang, village girls—for any child facing daunting odds because of caste, gender, disability or poverty—education offers a path forward to opportunity and hope, and the freedom to make choices in a world that will often be very different from their parents’.

Our homework is to clear the obstacles that keep kids from going to school. A school might be too small: add classrooms. Or too far away: build a hostel for students to stay in. Even help with school supplies and uniforms can be essential to allow students to succeed. And when they do, we all win.